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Agriculture

BASF acquires AgriMetis glufosinate herbicide technology

by Melody M. Bomgardner
September 19, 2020 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 98, Issue 36

 

The structure of l-glufosinate.

BASF has acquired technology for making the herbicide l-glufosinate from AgriMetis, one of C&EN’s 10 Start-Ups to Watch in 2016. l-Glufosinate is a single-enantiomer version of BASF’s glufosinate herbicide, sold as Liberty. Liberty is a 50:50 racemic mixture of glufosinate; only the l enantiomer kills weeds. AgriMetis develops crop protection molecules by pairing biological tools, such as directed evolution and enzymatic catalysis, with synthetic chemistry.

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